Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
  • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
  • H01M50/10—Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
  • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
  • H01M50/20—Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders
  • H01M50/204—Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells
  • H01M50/207—Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape
  • H01M50/209—Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells characterised by their shape adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
  • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
  • H01M10/00—Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
  • H01M10/42—Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
  • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
  • H01M50/20—Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
  • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
  • Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an electronic device operated by a battery device and a battery device.
• a case having a width, a thickness, and a length, a stored battery cell provided inside the case, and a battery cell provided on the surface of the case are provided.
• a structure that is configured to be contacted by a user see, for example, Patent Publication No. 2508447).
• a battery device of the present invention includes a case having a width, a thickness, and a length, a battery cell housed inside the case, and the battery provided on a surface of the case.
• a battery-side terminal electrically connected to the cell wherein the battery-side terminal is inserted along the length direction into the battery housing chamber of the electronic device, and the battery-side terminal contacts the housing-room-side terminal of the battery housing chamber.
• the battery device according to claim 1 wherein the case is disposed at both sides in the width direction so as to extend in the length direction and engage with a projection provided in the battery storage chamber.
• a guide groove for positioning a position of the case in the thickness direction is formed.
• the electronic device of the present invention is an electronic device having a battery accommodating chamber for accommodating a battery device, wherein the battery device has a case having a width, a thickness, and a length, and is provided inside the case.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the battery device of the embodiment as viewed from below.
• FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the battery device of the embodiment.
• FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the battery device 100.
• FIG. 4A to 4C are explanatory diagrams of the battery device 100.
• FIG. 4A to 4C are explanatory diagrams of the battery device 100.
• FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part of FIG.
• FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the identification unit 106.
• FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the battery housing chamber 20 of the case.
• FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the battery housing chamber 20 of the case.
• FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a discriminating circuit for the convex portions 108. As shown in FIG.
• FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an imaging device 200 to which the battery device 100 is externally attached.
• FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of one battery mounting portion of the imaging device 200.
• FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the imaging device 200 showing a state where the battery device 100 is attached.
• FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the lock mechanism.
• FIG. 14 is an explanatory view of mounting the battery device 100 and the battery mounting portion.
• FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a mounting state of the battery device 100 and the battery mounting portion.
• the purpose of enabling the use of multiple types of battery devices with different capacities has been realized by providing guide grooves in the battery device and providing protrusions in the battery chamber of the electronic device.
• the battery device of the present invention is an imaging device as an electronic device. The case where it is used by being attached to a device will be described.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the battery device of the embodiment as viewed from below
• FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the battery device of the embodiment.
• the battery device 100 includes a case 10, a rechargeable battery unit 12 (see FIG. 2) provided inside the case 10, and a battery unit 12 provided inside the case 10. It has a control circuit board 16 and a battery-side terminal 14 provided in the case 10.
• the case 10 includes a main body 1002 having a uniform dimension in the width direction W and extending in the length direction L, and a central portion of the main body 1002 in the width direction W and one of the thickness directions H. And a bottom portion 104 extending in the length direction with a uniform width smaller than the width of the main body portion 102.
• the battery one-side terminal 14 is provided at one end in the longitudinal direction L of the bottom portion 104.
• the case 100 is composed of a first divided body excluding a bottom portion 104 and a bottom portion 104 of the main body 1002, and a bottom portion 1 of the main body 1002. And the second divided body including the bottom part 104 and the bottom part 104. These divided bodies are formed by being joined together at the mating surface 1005.
• the circuit board 16 is housed inside these divided bodies.
• the rechargeable battery section 12 includes four cylindrical battery cells 122, a plurality of wiring members 122 connecting the electrodes of the battery cells 122, and And a holding member 1206 interposed between the side surfaces of the battery cell 122.
• the control circuit board 16 is attached to the rechargeable battery section 12 by being connected to the electrodes of each battery cell 122 via wiring members 122, and has a CPU, RAM and ROM, an interface, etc.
• Microcomputer including And configured to perform data communication with an external electronic device via the battery side terminal 14.
• the data communication includes an operation of outputting identification data indicating the capacity and characteristics of the battery device 14. Examples of the identification data include data indicating whether rapid charging is possible when the battery is attached to the charger, data indicating an appropriate charging current value, and data indicating an upper limit value of the charging current.
• the battery-side terminal 14 is attached to the control circuit board 16 inside the case 10 and is led to the electrode of the battery cell 1202 through each wiring member 1204 inside the case 10.
• the battery cell 1202 is configured to supply an operating current to an external electronic device or a charger to supply a charging current to each battery cell 1202 via a battery. Note that the number and shape of the battery cells 122 constituting the rechargeable battery section 12 naturally vary depending on the capacity and characteristics of the battery device 100. Next, the configuration of case 10 will be described in detail.
• FIG. 3 (A) is a plan view of the battery device 100
• FIG. 3 (B) is a view of arrow B in FIG. 3 (A)
• FIG. 3 (C) is a view of arrow C in FIG. 3 (A)
• 3 (D) is a view taken in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 3 (A)
• FIG. 3 (E) is a sectional view taken along the line EE in FIG. 3 (B).
• 4A is a bottom view of the battery device 100
• FIG. 4B is a view taken in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 4A
• FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4B.
• FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion F in FIG. 3 (C)
• FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the vicinity of the identification portion 1036.
• portions on both sides in the width direction W of the case 10 are formed as flat side surfaces 106 extending in the length direction L in parallel with each other.
• One surface of the case 10 in the thickness direction H is formed as a flat bottom surface 108.
• the side surfaces on both sides in the width direction W of the main body 1002 constitute the side surface 106
• the bottom surface of the bottom portion 1004 constitutes the bottom surface 108.
• the guide groove 110 is provided at a position near the bottom surface 1008. More specifically, a plurality of convex pieces 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 2 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) are formed in the width direction W at the bottom face on both sides 1 0 08 at the length direction L Are formed to protrude toward the outside in the width direction W from a plurality of locations spaced apart from each other. Further, a plurality of convex pieces 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 2 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) located at one end in the thickness direction H are the same as the bottom surface 1 08 It is formed as a bottom surface located on the surface.
• the guide groove 1 0 1 0 has a plurality of convex pieces 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 2 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) and a main body 1 0 2
• the facing surface 1 0 1 4 and the side surface 1 0 1 6 of the bottom 1 0 4 located on both sides in the width direction W extend in the length direction of the case 10 and are formed in an open shape on the outside in the width direction. ing.
• the guide groove 110 is opened in the direction of the bottom surface 108 at a location between the projections 110 A, 102 B, and 110 C. .
• protrusions 110 18 projecting outward from the side face 10 16 in the width direction W.
• the protruding portion 11018 is formed with a smaller protruding dimension than the protruding piece 11012.
• the protruding portions 110 18 are provided at locations corresponding to the protruding pieces 10 12 A and 10 12 B, and the protruding pieces 10 12 A and 10 12 B are provided.
• the face 104 and the side face 116 are connected to each other.
• a stopper wall 1 020 is provided at the bottom 1008 opposite to the location where the battery side terminal 14 is provided to close the guide groove 1 10 10 Have been.
• the stopper wall 1020 is provided at a location corresponding to the convex piece 11012C, and the convex piece 11012C, the face 11014, and the side face 11016 contact each other. Has been continued.
• the end face of 04 is formed as a flat end face 102 orthogonal to the bottom face 108.
• a convex portion 10 having a uniform dimension in the thickness direction H and extending linearly in the width direction W is provided at a position of the end face 1022 away from the battery side terminal 14 in the thickness direction H. 24 are bulged.
• the protruding portion 1 024 has a length X 2 that is larger than the length X 1 of at least the portion of the battery 1 terminal 14 where the electrode is arranged at a location corresponding to the battery 1 terminal 14. Is formed.
• a concave portion 108 is formed on the bottom surface 108, a nameplate 10026 is attached to the concave portion 108, and the surface and the bottom surface of the nameplate 102 are formed.
• 1008 is configured so as to be on the same plane or that the surface of the nameplate 1 026 is located on the inner side of the case 10 than the bottom 1 0 8.
• a positioning protrusion 1 0 3 0 is formed along the length direction L from the position opposite to the battery side terminal 1 4 in the length direction of the recess 1 0 2 8, forming the same surface as the bottom surface 1 0 8.
• the convex portion 130 is inserted into the positioning groove 107 of the nameplate 10226.
• the end face of the main body 1002 located on the opposite side of the battery terminal 14 from the both ends in the longitudinal direction L of the case 10 has a bottom face. It is formed as a flat end face 103 orthogonal to 10008, and the end face of the bottom 1004 located on the opposite side to the battery one terminal 14 is located inside the case 10 more than the end face 1032.
• the end face 1 0 3 2 It is formed as a parallel flat end face 104. Therefore, these end faces are located at the boundary between the main body 1002 and the bottom 1004 at the end opposite to the battery one-side terminal 14 in the length direction L of the case 10. 2, 1 0 3 4 forms a notch 1 0 3 5.
• identification portions 10 are provided on both sides of the bottom surface 1004 of the bottom portion 104 that sandwiches the battery terminal 14 in the width direction W. 36 are formed.
• These identification portions 103 are formed as recesses 108 opened in the thickness direction H and the length direction L, or are formed as recesses opened in the thickness direction H and closed in the length direction L. It is formed as 104.
• the identification section 103 is identified by an identification means provided on the electronic device side, and the identification is made according to the shape of the recessed section 108, 104 and the dimension of the recessed section 108 in the longitudinal direction L. It is made based on.
• the surface portion close to the guide groove 110 is defined as an inclined surface 104, so that the guide groove 110 and the concave portion 110 are formed.
• the thickness between 0 and 38 is ensured, and the mechanical strength of the protruding piece of 0.12 A is ensured.
• the electronic device is an imaging device 200 in the present embodiment.
• the imaging device 200 captures a case, an optical system incorporated in a front part of a case, and an object image captured by the optical system.
• Image pickup device a liquid crystal display unit for displaying an image taken by the image pickup device, a recording / reproducing unit for recording and / or reproducing the image taken by the image pickup device on a recording medium, and the image pickup device, a liquid crystal display unit, and recording. It is configured to include a battery unit that supplies power to the playback unit.
• the case is provided with a battery accommodating chamber in which the battery device 100 is removably mounted.
• the battery accommodating chamber is provided with an opening on the rear surface of the case, and the opening is closed by a cover plate (not shown). Is done.
• FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are cross-sectional views of the battery storage chamber 20 of the case.
• the battery-accommodating chamber 20 has a width corresponding to the width direction W of the case 10 of the battery device 100, a height corresponding to the thickness of the case 10, and a length corresponding to the length of the case 10. And have a depth.
• a battery device 100 is inserted into the battery housing chamber 20 in the depth direction in a depth direction so that the length direction L is inserted in parallel with the depth direction and the battery device 100 comes into contact with the battery side terminal 14.
• a room side terminal (not shown) is provided. Further, in the battery storage chamber 20, the position is set in the thickness direction H of the case 10 in the height direction in the battery storage chamber 20 by engaging with the guide groove 110. Projections 200 are provided.
• the battery accommodating chamber 20 includes a main body 22 having a uniform dimension in the width direction and extending in the depth direction, and a central portion in the width direction of the main body 22 at one of the height directions. And a bottom portion 24 having a uniform width smaller than the width of the main body portion 22 and extending in the depth direction.
• One surface in the height direction of the battery storage chamber 20 is formed as a flat bottom surface 204 by the surface of the bottom portion 24.
• an intermediate mounting surface 206 extending in the depth direction in parallel with the bottom 204 is provided. I have.
• the protrusions 200 project from the portions where the intermediate mounting surfaces 206 on both sides face each other in a direction approaching each other. That is, the protrusions 200 are provided on the side surfaces 2001, which are located at both ends in the width direction of the battery accommodating chamber 20, near the bottom surface 204.
• the protrusion 2002 has one surface in the height direction parallel to the bottom surface 204, and the other surface in the height direction is located on the same plane as the intermediate mounting surface 206. . As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the height of the battery storage chamber 20 is set to a size that can accommodate a plurality of types of battery packs 100 having different thicknesses of the case 100.
• the battery one terminal 14 of the battery device 100 is made to face the opening of the battery housing room 20, and the battery device 100 is opened.
• the battery device 100 is inserted into the battery housing room 20 with the bottom surface 108 of the battery facing the bottom surface 204 of the battery housing room 20.
• the projections 202 of the battery storage chamber 20 are engaged with the guide grooves 100 of the battery storage 100, and the height direction in the battery storage chamber 20 in the height direction. Positioning in the thickness direction H of the case 10 of the battery device 100 is performed.
• the bottom surface 1008 of the case 10 is placed on the bottom surface 2004 of the battery compartment 20 in a state where the projection 2002 is engaged with the guide groove 11010.
• the movement of the battery device 100 in the bottom surface of the battery housing room 20 in the direction of 204 is restricted.
• the protrusion 2002 of the battery storage chamber 20 is engaged with the guide groove 1010, so that the battery 200 can be moved away from the bottom surface 204 of the battery storage chamber 20 of the battery device 100. Movement is regulated.
• the projections 200 are engaged with the guide grooves 100 to move in the direction of the bottom surface 204 of the battery housing chamber 20 of the battery device 100. Both the movement of the battery device 100 in the direction away from the bottom surface 2004 of the battery-accommodating chamber 20 of the battery 100 may be restricted.
• the projections 101 engaged with the guide grooves 101, the projections 101
• the tip of the projection 8 and the tip of the projection 204 are in contact with each other, and the movement of the battery device 100 in the width direction W is restricted. In this case, the tip of the battery device 100 is not brought into contact with the tip of the projection 110 and the tip of the projection 204.
• the battery unit 1 in the width direction W is brought into contact with the location 0
• the movement of 00 may be restricted.
• the battery device 100 is inserted into the inner portion of the battery housing room 20, so that the battery one terminal 14 of the battery device 100 and the housing room terminal of the battery housing room 20 are inserted. Comes in contact with
• the opening is closed by a cover plate (not shown), and the battery device 100 is moved to the battery compartment 20 of the battery device 100. Is completed.
• the movement of the battery device 100 in the length direction L is regulated, for example, by attaching one end surface of the case 10 to the inner wall surface of the battery housing room 20.
• the battery device accommodation room 2 extending in the length direction L is provided at the locations of the cases 10 on both sides in the width direction W of the battery device 100.
• a guide groove 110 is formed to engage with the protrusion 200 provided on the cylinder 0 and position the case 10 in the thickness direction H in the battery storage chamber 20. Therefore, a plurality of types of battery packs 100 having different thicknesses of the case 10 can be stored in the battery storage chamber 20.
• the battery accommodating chamber 20 is engaged with the guide groove 100 of the battery device 100 so as to accommodate the battery. Since the projections 200 for positioning the position of the case 10 in the height direction H in the height direction in the chamber 20 are provided, a plurality of types of batteries having different thicknesses of the case 10 are provided.
• the device 100 can be accommodated in the one battery accommodation room 20.
• the battery device 100 having a large power supply capacity that is, the battery device 100 having a large dimension H in the thickness direction H of the case 10 is connected to the battery device 100.
• the battery device 100 having a small power supply capacity that is, the thickness of the case 10 in the thickness direction H is small.
• the battery device 100 can be housed and held in the battery housing room 20, and the battery device 100 can be used properly according to its intended use, which is advantageous in improving usability.
• the guide groove 100 is provided at the location of the battery device 100 near the bottom surface 108, and the projection 200 is provided near the bottom surface 204. Since the battery unit 100 is provided at the location of the battery storage chamber 20, even in the case where the thickness of the battery device 100 is extremely thin, the thickness direction of the case 10 in the height direction in the battery storage chamber 20. This is advantageous for surely positioning H.
• the stopper wall 100 since the stopper wall 100 is provided, when the battery device 100 is inserted in the battery one housing room 20 in the wrong insertion direction, that is, the case 10 When the battery is inserted into the battery storage compartment 20 with the side opposite to the battery-side terminal section 14 of the battery 0 as the top, the stopper wall 1020 comes into contact with the projection 2002, so that the user can remove the battery. It is possible to instantly judge that the orientation of the device 100 is wrong, and it has the effect of preventing erroneous insertion.
• the protruding portions 110 18 are provided at locations corresponding to the protruding pieces 10 12 A and 10 12 B, and the protruding pieces 10 12 A and 10 12 B are provided. Since the face 10 14 and the side face 10 16 are connected to each other, the mechanical strength of the convex pieces 10 0 1 A and 10 12 B by these two convex portions 10 18 This is an advantage in improving
• the stopper wall 10020 is provided at a position corresponding to the convex piece 11012C, and the convex piece 11012C, the face 11014, and the side face 11016 are connected to each other. Therefore, the stopper wall 1020 is advantageous in improving the mechanical strength of the convex piece 11012C.
• each convex portion 108 provided along the length direction L with reference to the position of the end face 102 of the case 100 (or the position of each convex portion 108). It is also possible to determine whether or not the battery device 100 is legitimate based on the presence / absence or the number of the respective convex portions 100.
• a micro switch for detecting the position along the length direction L of each convex portion 108 with reference to the end face 102 of the case 100 is formed.
• Sensors 302 and 304 are installed in the battery storage room 20. Then, a discriminating circuit 303 for discriminating whether or not the position of each convex portion 108 is at the correct position based on the detection signal from each sensor 302, 304 is provided.
• the power supply from the battery device 100 is permitted only when the battery device 100 is recognized as a genuine product based on the determination result of the determination circuit 303. If not, the power supply from the battery device 100 can be prohibited, and the use of the non-genuine battery device 100 can be prevented.
• the identification data of the battery device 100 described above is stored in the position of each of the protrusions 110 provided along the length direction L, or each of the protrusions 1. It is also possible to indicate by the presence or absence of 0 18 or the number of each part 110 18.
• four types of identification data can be represented by a combination of ON and OFF of the two sensors 302 and 304. Therefore, if four sensors are provided so as to detect the positions of the four projections 108 provided on both sides in the width direction of the case 10 of the battery device 100, eight types of identification information can be obtained. Needless to say, it is possible to obtain
• the types of identification data that can be detected by the sensor can be further increased. Is of course not.
• the electronic device to which the battery device 100 is mounted is a charger for charging the battery device 100
• the above-described sensors 302, 304 are provided to the charger.
• One or a plurality of sensors similar to the above may be provided, and the presence or absence of the battery device 100 may be detected by the sensor, and the charging operation for the battery device 100 may be started according to the detection operation. .
• the senor is provided at a position corresponding to the convex portion 108, that is, the sensor is provided in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of the battery device 100. Therefore, compared to the case where the sensor is provided in the inner part of the battery compartment 210 in the insertion direction of the battery device 100, the sensor is inserted through the opening of the battery compartment 20. There is an advantage that the sensor is less likely to malfunction due to a stick-shaped foreign matter or the like.
• the characteristics of the battery device 100 can be determined on the charger side. It is also possible to make a judgment.
• the lock mechanism may be a part or a part of the projections 108. Engagement with all is advantageous in reliably preventing the battery device 100 from falling out of the battery storage chamber 20.
• the surface and bottom surface of the nameplate 1 026 are on the same plane, or the surface of the nameplate 1 026 is inside the case 10 more than the bottom surface 1 0 8.
• the bottom surface 108 of the battery device 100 and the bottom surface 204 of the battery housing room 200 rub against each other. Even so, the surface of the nameplate 106 is not easily damaged or stained, which is advantageous in protecting the notation of the nameplate 102.
• the above-described battery device 100 is used as a so-called built-in type, which is housed in the battery housing room 20 as in the above-described embodiment, and an imaging device 200 as described below. It can also be used as a so-called external type, which is mounted on the outer surface of a.
• FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the imaging device 200 to which the battery device 100 is externally attached.
• FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of a battery mounting portion of the imaging device 200.
• FIG. 12 is a battery device.
• FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the imaging device 200 showing a state where 100 is attached,
• FIG. 13 is an explanatory view of mounting the battery device 100 and the battery mounting portion, and
• FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing the mounting state of the battery device 100 and the battery mounting portion.
• the imaging device 200 has a case 24 and a case 24.
• An optical system 26 incorporated in the front part, an image sensor (not shown) that captures a subject image captured by the optical system 26, and a liquid crystal display unit 28 that displays an image captured by the image sensor.
• a recording / reproducing unit (not shown) for recording and / or reproducing an image captured by the imaging device on a recording medium; a battery device 100 for supplying power to the imaging device, the liquid crystal display unit 28, and the recording / reproducing unit It is configured to include
• a battery mounting portion 30 to which the battery device 100 is removably mounted is provided.
• the battery mounting portion 30 includes a concave portion 302 in which the battery device 100 is housed, and a plurality of engaging projections 30 provided in the concave portion 302. 0 4 (3 004A, 3 004 B, 3 004 C), device side terminal 32 provided in recess 3002, and recess 3002 located on the opposite side of device side terminal 32 And the engaging projection 34 provided.
• the recess 3002 has a mounting surface 3006 and a side surface 3008 rising from the periphery of the mounting surface 3006.
• the mounting surface 300 is formed to have a width corresponding to the width of the bottom surface 108 of the battery device 100 and a length larger than the length of the bottom surface 108.
• engagement members that can be engaged with the guide grooves 1010 are provided on both sides of the mounting surface 3006 in the width direction, at positions spaced in the length direction.
• Convex pieces 3004 (304A, 3004B, 300004C) are provided on both sides of the mounting surface 3006 in the width direction.
• the engaging protrusion 34 is provided so as to be able to protrude and retract from the mounting surface 300, is always urged in a protruding direction, and is formed so as to be able to engage with the notch 100 35 of the battery device 100. I have.
• Attachment of the battery device 100 to the battery attachment portion 30 is performed as follows. With the battery side terminal 14 of the battery unit 100 facing the device side terminal 32 of the battery mounting unit 30, the bottom surface 108 of the battery unit 100 is connected to the battery mounting unit 30. Facing the mounting surface 3 0 6, each protrusion 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 2 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) of the battery device 1 0 0 force, engagement protrusion 3 0 0 4 (3 004 A, 3 004 B, 3 004 C) at positions spaced apart from each other along the length direction L.
• the bottom surface 108 of the battery device 10 is brought into contact with the mounting surface 300 of the battery mounting portion 30, and the battery device 100 is connected to the battery terminal 14 by the device terminal 3. Slide in the direction to approach 2.
• the pieces 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 2 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) of the battery device 1 0 0 are turned into the engaging projections 3 0 0 4 (3 0 0 4A, 3004B, 304O4C) and the mounting surface 3006, and the thickness direction of the battery device 100 in the height direction on the battery mounting portion 30 in the height direction.
• Positioning in the direction H is performed, and the battery side terminal 14 of the battery unit 100 and the device side terminal 32 of the battery mounting unit 30 come into contact with each other.
• each convex piece 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 2 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) is replaced with each engaging convex piece 3 0 4 (3 0 4 4 (A, 304 B, 304 C), the bottom surface of the case and the mounting surface of the battery mounting part are abutted. .
• Battery device 100 Length direction L CD If two end surfaces of battery 1 terminal 14 side end surface 102 2 are in contact with side surface 30 0 of battery mounting portion 30 The state in which the battery device 100 is mounted on the battery mounting portion 30 is locked by engaging the engagement convex portion 34 with the notch portion 103 of the battery device 100. Then, the mounting of the battery device 100 to the battery mounting portion 30 is completed.
• the battery unit 100 is mounted on the battery mounting unit 30.
• the end surface 102 of the battery device 100 on the battery side terminal 14 side, and the imaging device 2 facing the end surface 102 as shown in FIG.
• a concave groove 310 is formed in the side surface 304 of the concave portion 310, and the convex portion 102 of the battery device 100 is inserted into the concave groove.
• the gap can be blocked by the convex portion 104. For this reason, it is advantageous in reliably preventing, for example, foreign matter having conductivity from entering the gap portion and coming into contact with the connection portion between the battery-side terminal 14 and the device-side terminal 32.
• the stopper wall 10020 may be used when the battery device 100 is not attached to the battery mounting portion when the battery device 100 is not in the correct longitudinal direction.
• the battery 100 has a function of preventing the battery device 100 from being mounted in an incorrect direction by hitting the engagement convex piece 304 A of the battery mounting portion 30.
• the battery device 100 mounted on the battery mounting portion 30 is slid in the direction of coming and going with respect to the cut portion 103 of the battery device 100.
• a lock claw 208 which is constantly urged by a biasing member such as a spring in the direction approaching 0 35, is provided on the case 24, and the lock claw 208 engages with the notch 1 350.
• the battery device 100 can be configured to be detachable from the battery mounting portion 3.
• the notch device 100 has a notch 1003 5 which is displaced inward of the battery device 100 from the end face 1032, so that the locking claw 20 08 can be provided at a position displaced inward of the case 24 from the outer surface of the case 24, and the lock claw 2 can be provided without protruding outward from the outer surface of the case 24 of the imaging device 200.
• 0 08 can be configured. This is advantageous in reducing the size of the imaging device 200 and improving the design.
• the portion that engages with the notch portion 135 of the lock claw 208 is always urged in a direction approaching the bottom surface 108 of the battery device 100.
• the bottom surface of the battery unit 100 0 10 8
• the tip of the lock claw 208 protruding toward the bottom surface 108 by the above-mentioned bias is attached to the bottom surface 108.
• the printed part of the surface of the nameplate such as the nameplate, may be rubbed and erased due to friction when it comes into contact with the label surface, such as the label.
• the tip of the lock claw 208 will be in the position of the positioning projection 10030. Since the surface of the nameplate 1 026 does not touch the surface, the surface of the nameplate 1 026 will not be damaged or stained. It is advantageous on the above.
• the positioning projection 1 0 3 0 is provided so as to be on the same plane as the surface of the nameplate 1 026 or outside the case 10 with respect to the surface of the nameplate 1 026. Just fine.
• the battery device 100 according to the present embodiment is configured as follows.
• the battery device 100 has the case 10.
• Case 10 is composed of two end faces 1 0 2 2, 1 0 3 2 located at both ends in the longitudinal direction L and side faces 1 0 6 2 connecting these two end faces 1 0 2 2, 1 0 3 2.
• a battery one-side terminal 101 is provided on the side face 106.
• an erroneous insertion preventing groove (guide groove 11010) extending in the length direction L is formed, and the battery-side terminal 1014 side of the length direction L is formed.
• the misinsertion preventing groove is opened at the end (front end) near the battery one-side terminal 104 at both ends in the length direction L, and Side (rear end) is closed.
• the force for forming one convex portion 108 protruding outward of the case 10 is formed in the erroneous insertion preventing groove, or two or more convex portions 110 18 They are formed at intervals in the length direction L.
• the identification data of the battery device 100 can be indicated by a number or the like.
• the convex portion 110 18 protrudes outward from the case 10, it does not occupy the space inside the case 10, and secures a space for accommodating parts inside the case 10. This is advantageous in reducing the size of the case 100 and improving the degree of freedom in designing the battery device 100.
• the case 10 is sandwiched in the width direction W, and the erroneous insertion preventing groove is provided at each of two opposite side surfaces 106.
• the position of the case in the thickness direction H can be positioned by engaging the two erroneous insertion prevention grooves with the protrusions corresponding to the respective grooves, and the erroneous insertion prevention grooves are used as positioning grooves. Can work.
• the battery device 100 of the present embodiment has a plurality of convex pieces 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 2 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) and a plurality of these convex pieces 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 2 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) and the side faces 1 0 1 6 (1 0 1 2 A) 0 B and 110 C), a plurality of recesses are formed by the portion of the face 110 facing each of the two, and the plurality of recesses can constitute the erroneous insertion preventing groove. it can.
• the battery device 100 of the present embodiment is connected to each of the plurality of convex pieces 1 0 1 2 (1 0 1 A, 1 0 1 2 B, 1 0 1 2 C) to form the convex 10 1.
• each protruding portion 110 18 is connected to each of the plurality of protruding pieces 1 0 1 2 (101 2 A, 101 2 B, 101 2 C)
• the location is the location in the length direction L that is closer to the direction in which the battery device 100 is moved (slid) when the battery device 100 is mounted on the battery mounting portion 30 (battery side). (Close to the terminal).
• an imaging device is exemplified as an electronic device.
• the present invention is of course applicable to a charger for charging a battery device and various electronic devices that operate using the battery device. is there. Industrial applicability
• the battery case engages with the protrusions that extend in the length direction and are provided in the battery one housing chamber at the case portions on both sides in the width direction of the battery device. Since a guide groove is formed to position the case in the thickness direction in the accommodation room, it is possible to accommodate a plurality of types of battery devices with different case thicknesses, that is, different capacities, in the battery accommodation room. it can.
• the battery housing has a projection that engages with the guide groove of the battery device to position the case in the height direction in the battery housing.

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